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EDWARD ELISHA KILBOURN, OF NEW BRUNSIVICK, NPHV JERSEY.

CIRCULAR-KNITTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,946, dated July 22, 1890.

Application filed May 13, 1889. Serial No. 310,661. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD ELIsHA KIL-' BOURN, of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have made an invention of certain new and useful Improvements in Circular-Knitting Maw chines; and I do hereby declare that the following,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description and specification of the same.

This invention has reference to cylinder knitting-machines in which the needles are combined in a ring series so that the yarn may be fed to the needles by a continuous circular movement for the formation of continuous rows of stitches or loops, and in which also the thread-guide may be moved to and fro for reciprocating work.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the labor of attending to such machines, to enable them to be worked with greater speed, and to improve their operation.

The invention consists of certain new and useful combinations of mechanical devices, which are set forth in the claims at the close of this specification, and which are mainly modifications of or improvements upon the invention set forth in my patents, Nos. 408,180, L08,11O, 408,111, 408,181, of July 30, 1889.

In order that these combinations may be more fully understood, I have represented in the accompanying drawings and will proceed to describe a cylinder knitting-machine embodying them in the form in which I prefer to embody them for the purpose of knitting stockings, it being understood that the mechanism may be varied to suit the views of different makers and users.

Figures 1 and 1 represent jointly a view of the upper side or top of the said machine, the two figures being respectively at the left hand and right hand sides of the axis of the knitting-cylinder. Figs. 2 and 2 repre sent jointly a vertical transverse section of the machine (with some parts in elevation) at the axis of the knitting-cylinder, as viewed from the right-hand end of the machine, the two figures meeting at the transverse lines as a". Fig. 2 represents a front view of one of the knitting cam-cylinders. Figs. 3 and 3 represent jointly a front view of the part of the machine above the line a: w of Figs. 2 and 2, the two figures meeting at the axis of the knitting-cylinder. Figs. 4 and 1 represent jointly a front view of the part of the machine below the line 00 or: of Figs. 2 and 2,the two figures meeting at the line of the axis of the knitting-cylinder. Fig. 48 isaviewtransversely of the machine, showing the disconnectible drivers, hereinafter described. Figs.

5 and 5 represent jointly a view of the part of the back of the machine above the line w x of Figs. 2 and 2, the two figures meeting at the axis of the knitting-cylinder. Figs. 6 and 6 represent jointly a view of the part ofthe back of the machine below the line 0300 of Figs. 2 and '2,the two figures meeting at the line of the axis of the knitting-cylinder. Fig. 6 represents a back view of the clutch-lever and its appurtenances detached from other parts of the machine, Figs. 7 and 7 represent jointly a horizontal section of the ma chine with the portions above the line 3 y of Fig. 2 removed, the two figures meeting at the transverse vertical plane of the axis of the knitting-cylinder. Fig. 8 represents a horizontal section of parts of the machine at the line 2 z of Fig. 2, and Fig. 8 represents a partial longitudinal section through one of the worm-shafts. Fig. 9, Sheet 4, represents a front view of one of the gear-wheels, and of the clutch-notch, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 10, Sheet 5, represents a view crosswise of the machine of the connecting devices of one of the pickers with the respective pickercam. Figs. 11 and 12, Sheet 6, represent, respectively, horizontal views of two gearwheels, hereinafter described. Fig. 13, Sheet (3, represents a view crosswise of the machine of the guard and lever, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 14, Sheet 7, represents a view crosswise of the machine of parts of connecting devices, hereinafter referred to. Figs. 15 and 16, Sheet 8, represent, respectively, vertical sections of the two cam-cylinders and knitting-cams. Fig. 17, Sheet 9, represents a view of the clutch, clutch-lever, and adjacent parts. Fig. 18, Sheet 10, represents a vertical axial section of the cam-gear shaft, one of its bearings, and gear-wheels. Fig. 19, Sheet 16, represents a plan of parts of, the machine, showing certain devices, hereinafter de- 

